Tom F. Hargis, d. Feb. 18, 2014

He was born on March 5, 1928 in Texarkana, Texas, to Calvin H. and Emilie B. (Waller) Hargis. On April 4, 1952, Tom married Viola Stout at Newkirk, Okla. Their three children, Ivan, Susan and David, were born over the next several years. The family spent many years traveling from one job site to the next as he built grain elevators, and worked in oilfield and construction. The family settled in Colorado when the children started school, and Tom worked building custom homes and condominiums in Vale and Aspen, and multi-family apartment buildings in the Denver area.

Moving back to Kansas in 1968, Tom worked as a farmer, mechanic, carpenter, heavy equipment operator, and oilfield worker.